Mining in Michigan and Respiratory Disease

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  Historically mining in Michigan was a major industry in the Upper Peninsula. Most of the underground mines in the Upper Peninsula have closed. In Michigan in 2016, there were 413 active mines; two underground mines, six surface metal mines, nine surface nonmetal mines, 26 surface stone mines, four mills (one metal, three stone) and 366 surface sand and gravel operations. These mines employed 38 underground miners, 3,113 surface miners and another 670 office employees (NIOSH, MSHA Data File Downloads). Ninety-nine percent of the miners in Michigan are surface miners, compared to the United States, where overall 43% of miners are surface miners. There is an extensive literature on the health risk of underground miners including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung disease), silicosis in gold and iron miners and lung cancer in uranium miners. Even though surface sand and gravel and stone miners are the largest group of miners in the United States and are the predominant type of miner in Michigan, there have been limited studies of the health of surface miners or the types of exposures that may contribute to adverse respiratory health outcomes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Black Lung Disease Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Mining Industry Respiratory Diseases Silicosis Surface Mining
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054791
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2018 Sep; 29(4):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, West Fee Hall, 909 Fee Road, Room 117, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217222/cdc_217222_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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